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081962P.pdf   06/30/2009  Dennis Brummett  v.  Maurice Taylor, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1962
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Loken, Author, with Melloy and Benton,
   Circuit Judges]
   Civil Case - defamation. District court's grant of judgment as a matter of
   law following jury verdict to employees on defamation claims is
   affirmed. Employees did not establish that anyone in the audience
   understood the individual plaintiffs to be the object of the statements.